. . . there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little to discourage this trend. . . . Rand had often protested, 'Protect me from my followers!'
Freedom of mind and mind itself have been most fully developed in regions where trade developed at the same time. In all ages, without exception, every intense production of art, ideas, and spiritual values has occurred in some locality where a remarkable degree of economic activity was also manifest.
I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.
With the exception of Obama's belated lame-duck behavior, the US has always, in practice, supported Israel unquestionably.
I still don’t believe it. It’s not in him. Yeah, and you are delusional. Babe, news flash, with the exception of you and the pirate, we’re all animals here. And we all have a killer’s instinct.
When I recall today my early youth, I should take the boy that I then was, with the exception of a few individual features, for a different person, were it not for the existence of the chain of memories.
With some reservation, it can be said that certain democratic elements are present in Georgia as well; but it is very clear that the government has to pronounce its explicit wish to resign before something is going to happen. On the western front, only Belarus is an exception.
But I will argue that knowing complete product requirements up front is a quite rare exception, not the norm.
The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with.
The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.
All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them
With the exception of the military industrial complex, we all want a more peaceful world.
The best way to make money is not to have money as your primary goal. I've seen great people come into the business world primarily motivated to make money. Almost without exception they failed.
State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets.
I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.
I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception.
Life consists of nothing but exceptions.
Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased our ownership to just under 10%, the most we can own without the approval of the Federal Reserve Board.
You can only govern men by serving them.
With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.